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Staff ReportsNovember 27, 2018

House Rules Chair Chris Sprowls released guidance in advance of the 2019 Legislative Session on the “schedule for submission, filing and publication” of bills. The Tuesday memo reveals deadlines to the House Bill Drafting Office and for this year’s budget requests.

Scott PowersNovember 13, 2018

Florida’s 67 counties should not have to sweat it out to meet Thursday’s and Sunday’s deadlines to recount last week’s contested statewide elections and instead should be allowed more time if they need it, argues a new federal lawsuit filed Tuesdeay by the U.S. Senate campaign of Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. The suit, filed […]

Scott PowersNovember 13, 2018

After Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and his team suggested there may be good reasons to extend recount deadlines if counties need more time to sort the U.S. Senate election, Republican Gov. Rick Scott‘s team said not-so-fast. Speaking for Scott, Republican U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney insisted Tuesday that the recounts must proceed by law, a […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 25, 2017

The new deadline for the public to submit amendments for the state’s Constitution would be Oct. 6, under a recommendation OK’d Monday by the Constitution Revision Commission‘s (CRC) Committee on Rules. The previous deadline to turn in proposals had been last Friday, but commissioners wanted to give more time after Hurricane Irma blew through the […]

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(L-R) Bobby Powell and Leonard Serratore. Images via the candidates.

House issues bill drafting guidance

Bill Nelson lawsuit asks federal court to waive recount deadline

Rick Scott’s team has no interest in seeing recount deadlines extended

Constitutional commission panel recommends extending deadlines